#D9C554#D9C554

#D9C554 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C554
RGB	rgb(217, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 61.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -6.35, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 58.08, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0217 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1838, 55.3265, 16.4215)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C554 #5468D9

analogous

#D98354 #D9C554 #ABD954

triadic

#D9C554 #54D9C5 #C554D9

tetradic

#D9C554 #54D983 #5468D9 #D954AB

square

#D9C554 #54D983 #5468D9 #D954AB

split-complementary

#D9C554 #54ABD9 #8354D9

monochromatic

#928120 #C4AD2C #D9C554 #E4D686 #EFE7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D9C554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#D9C554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C554

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C554	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d688',
    500: '#d9c554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c554;
$custom-light: #e8d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81878,
    "c": 0.13408,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C554

secondary

#3A4897

accent

#5AE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C554

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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